PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Asai (ranked 762 p4p, 1034 weight class) and Hiroki Tomori (ranked 44 p4p, 55 weight class). Asai 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Grand Sword. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Asai
vs
Tomori

172 cm
45
140
45 - 30 - 2

171 cm
35
142
26 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 30 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Asai !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomori moves out of range of the body kick.
Tomori throws a nice looking combination but Asai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Asai scores with a head kick. Tomori tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tomori moves to clinch but Asai breaks away
letting Asai counter with a right hand.
Asai wants to slow Tomori down by chopping away at his legs.

Tomori pushes Asai up against the cage in a clinch.
Tomori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Asai backwards.
Tomori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asai .

Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomori takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Asai keeps the fight on the outside.
Asai misses with a low kick as Tomori jumps back.
Tomori is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asai plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Asai dodges the punch combination from Tomori.
Asai throws a sloppy head kick and Tomori moves out of range easily.
Asai circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Asai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Asai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tomori drives through and clinches with Asai against the cage.
Tomori tries to throw a body punch but Asai avoids it by throwing Tomori back against the cage.
Asai makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomori tries to clinch there but Asai circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tomori checks a leg kick.
Tomori doesn't manage to clinch there - Asai circles away.
Tomori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Asai .

Asai gets tackled into the cage by Tomori. Tomori maintains the clinch.
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tomori looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Asai working aggressively here.
Asai lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tomori or not.
Tomori blocks an elbow strike from Asai .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Asai struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomori controls his hands.
Asai lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tomori backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tomori scores with a shoulder strike.
Asai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Asai fails to land.
Asai blocks an elbow strike from Tomori.
Asai misses with a punch to the body.
Asai gets through Tomori's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tomori swings wildly with an uppercut but Asai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tomori lands an uppercut.

Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomori tries to clinch up
and Asai counters with a straight right hand.
Tomori wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Asai gets tackled into the cage by Tomori. Tomori maintains the clinch.
Asai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomori lands a hook that snaps the head of Asai backwards.
Tomori working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Asai struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomori controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Asai .
Asai wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Asai drops Tomori with a big knee straight up the middle! Tomori is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Tomori is rocked!

It looks like Hiroki Tomori has been cut.
Tomori circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Asai . Tomori falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Asai !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yoshihiro Asai !
Post fight, Yoshihiro Asai stared into the camera and said 'Gala Ky Jr You Want Rematch For Vacant Bantamweight Title. Ok You Got It, Let It Do It.'.